Railway-tie.



J. W. BOLINGER, SR.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED APR\28,'1913.

Patented Aug=.26,1913.

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J. W. BOLINGER, SR-

RAILWAY TIE.

AP1L IOATION FILED APR.28, 191a.

Patentd Aug. 26, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES WM. BOLINGER, $3., OF DISCO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES WM. BOLIN- .GER,81:, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Disco, inthe county of Hancock and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway tiesand more particularly to a steel railway tie, the object of theinvention being to provide a railway tie of this character which willreplace the old wooden ties now in use and also to provide a tie havingmeans whereby the rails are readily mounted upon the tie and securelyheld in position.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a railway tie having thelocking members to securely hold the rails when placed in position andsaid locking members having yieldingly held locking bolts adapted toengage the rigid portions of the tie to hold the locking members againstmovement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway tie of theabove character which will possess advantages in points of efficiencyand durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time issimple in construction and operation.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claimsand shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a railroad tie constructed in accordance with my invention;Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the rails andlocking members being removed; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional viewthrough a number of the ties; Fig. 5 is an end elevation; Fig. 6 is alongitudinal sectional view; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of thelocking members; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of one of the lockingmembers; Fig. 9 is an end elevation of one of the locking members; Fig.10 is a bottom plan view of my improved rail joint; Fig. 11 is an endelevation of one end of the rail; Fig. 12 is a top plan view of one endof the rail; and Fig. 13 is a top plan View illustrating the respec-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 28, 1913.

Patented Aug. 26,1913.

Serial No. 764,236.

v tive position of the meeting ends of the rails.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of thetie which is substantially rectangular in cross section and provided ateach end thereof with the raised portions 2 having undercut side walls 3upon the inner face thereof adapted to receive the base of the rails.The ties 1 are provided adjacent each end thereof with the longitudinalgrooves 4:, the outer ends of which are provided with the undercuttapering side walls 5 and the other ends thereof provided with suitableopenings 6.

Locking members 1 7 are provided, the outer ends of which are formedtapering, as shown at 8, and are adapted to be disposed beneath theinclined side walls 5 of the grooves 1. The locking members are providedupon their outer ends with an upwardly projecting portion 9 which isdisposed upon the inner side of the rail and adapted to engage over thebase thereof and cooperate with the inclined side walls 3 to securelyhold the rails against lateral movement. The locking members 7 arefurther provided with a centrally arranged bore 10 adapted to receive.the coil springs 11, said coil springs being normally compressed bymeans of the sliding bolt 12, the opposite end of which is provided withan engaging lug 13 adapted to be disposed within the openings 6 tosecurely hold the locking members in their operative positions. Theinner ends of the locking bolts 12 are provided with the lugs 14 uponwhich are mounted the springs 11, the other ends of said springsengaging the inner end of the bore 10 to yieldably hold the lugs 13within the openings 6 and securely retain the looking members in theiroperative positions.

It will be readily apparent from the drawings that the central rigidportion of the tie is provided with the inwardly tapering recesses 15whereby a bar or other suitable instrument may be inserted within theouter end of the bore 10 and engage the locking bolts 12 to withdraw thelugs 13 from the openings 6 and release the locking members 7 so thatthe rails may be'quickly and readily removed from the ties. It will alsobe apparent that the rails may be readily placed in position by firstinserting one side of the base beneath the inclined side walls 3 andthen arranging the locking members in position, pressing the inner endsdownwardly until the lugs 13 engage within the openings 6. It will beobvious that by having the outer ends of the lugs 13 tapering, as shownat 16, they will readily engage with the inclined surface of therecesses 15 so that they may be easily pressed downwardly.

In Fig. 10, I have illustrated the preferred form, of rail joint adaptedfor use in connection with my improved tie. In this form of rail joint,the meeting ends of the rails are tapered, as shown at 17, and extendingin opposite directions so that when the meeting ends of the two railsare fitted closely together, they Will be of the same width, as the bodyof the rail. The tapering ends 17 of each of the meeting ends of therails are provided with an inwardly projecting lug 18 adapted to bedisposed within the recesses 19 formed in the rails adjacent the endsthereof, thus locking the rails against longitudinal movement. The lugs18 are preferably formed in the base of the rails, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings so that the tread of the rail will present asmooth surface, thus limiting the clicking noise of'the wheels as theypass over the joints.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be readily apparent that I have provided a simple anddurable railway tie which will securely hold the rails against lateralmovement and whereby the rails may be quickly and readily placed inposition or removed from the ties. It will also be apparent that theties are extremely simple in construction and can be manufactured at acomparatively low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfuly carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A railway tie including an elongated body memberhaving enlarged portions at each end thereof, said enlarged portionshaving downwardly inclined walls, said body being provided adjacent eachend with a longitudinal groove, the outer ends of said grooves beingprovided with inwardly inclined Walls and provided at their inner endswith openings, locking members removably arranged within said groovesand having their outer ends engaging over the base of the rails to holdthe same against movement, and spring held locking bolts carried by saidlocking members and having one end engaging within the openings in theinner ends of the grooves to hold the looking members in position.

2. A railway tie including an elongated body having longitudinal groovesformed adjacent each end thereof, said grooves havi ing their outer endsinwardly inclined and their inner ends provided with openings, lockingmembers removably arranged within the grooves and adapted to engage thebase of the rails to hold the same against movement, said lockingmembers being pro vided with longitudinal bores, bolts slidably mountedwithin said bores and having one end engaging within the openings in theinner ends of the grooves and coil springs disposed on the inner ends ofthe locking bolts and within the closed ends of the bores to securelyhold the locking members in position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES IVM. BOLINGER, Sn. Witnesses:

A. E. ST. CLAIR, J E. TAYLOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

